'" While it is sometimes claimed that the Church of Scientology no longer stands by Hubbard's claims that Dianetics can treat physical conditions, it still publishes them: "... when the knee injuries of the past are located and discharged, the arthritis ceases, no other injury takes its place and the person is finished with arthritis of the knee.

It is claimed waggishly in church doctrine that Dobbs inspired L. Ron Hubbard to create his own cult when he remarked to him that the general public may be pink, " but their money is green " Ivan Stang also claims that in 1986, an official SubGenius ordainment for Hubbard was paid for and mailed to his address, only two weeks before the Scientology founder's death.

* In September 2002, lawyers for Scientology contacted Internet Archive ( archive. org ), the administrators of the Wayback Machine and asserted copyright claims on certain materials archived as historical contents of the Operation Clambake site.

The newsgroup alt. religion. scientology ( often abbreviated a. r. s or ARS ) is a Usenet newsgroup started in 1991 to discuss the controversial beliefs of Scientology, as well as the Church of Scientology, which claims exclusive intellectual property rights thereto and is viewed by many as a dangerous cult.

Critics say that most of the Church's claims are designed to harass Suppressive Persons, people who impede the progress of the Scientology movement.

This legal case included claims by Scientology that hyperlinks to alleged copyright infringements were also illegal.

* In 1978, L. Ron Hubbard, creator of Scientology, was convicted for illegal business practices, namely, making false claims about his ability to cure physical illnesses.

* In 2009, a case went to trial in France, after a woman claims to have been pressured into paying € 21, 000 ($ 29, 400 ) to the Church of Scientology for lessons, books and medicines for her poor mental state accused the Church of Scientology of " organised fraud ".

However, the group whose name became adopted as a generic term for independent Scientology was not the first independent Scientologist group ; the California Association of Dianetic Auditors, the oldest breakaway group still in existence, claims a founding date of December 1950, predating the Church of Scientology itself.

Mr. Galusha researched for L. Ron Hubbard during the 1950s, and was one of the founders of the first Church of Scientology in 1953. by Dr. Anastasius Nordenholz ( as opposed to Hubbard's Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought, 1956 ), which they use as the basis of their challenge to Scientology's trademark claims.

Scientology claims that its practices provide methods by which a person can achieve greater spiritual awareness.

Critics of Steven Fishman have produced the affidavit of Kenneth D. Long, a Scientology executive, which states that Fishman received services from a Scientology mission, did a few introductory courses, never worked for the Church or CCHR, and did not get any auditing or do any courses at the main Miami church, which would conflict with his claims.

Vicki Aznaran, a former Scientologist who was involved in anti-Scientology litigation before retracting her claims as part of a settlement with Scientology, gave a declaration through Scientology attorneys in which she states various allegations made by Steven Fishman and other church critics are untrue, contradicting her previous declaration given in CSI v. Fishman and Geertz.

While exercising authority over the use of all Scientology materials, RTC claims that it does not directly manage the Church of Scientology ; that role is assigned to a separate corporation, the Church of Scientology International ( CSI ).

During the same time, individual parishioners of Scientology had initiated 2, 300 claims against the agency, challenging the denial of tax deduction for their services at Scientology organizations.

* L. Ron Hubbard, author ; founder of both the Church of Scientology and of Dianetics

Dianetics is a set of ideas and practices regarding the metaphysical relationship between the mind and body which was created by L. Ron Hubbard and is practiced by followers of Scientology.

One example was Harvey Jackins, founder of Re-evaluation Counselling, originally a sort of discrete reworking of Dianetics, which L Ron Hubbard later declared suppressive to Scientology.

Because of a sale of assets resulting from the bankruptcy, Hubbard no longer owned the rights to the name " Dianetics ", but its philosophical framework still provided the seed for Scientology to grow.

" In 1952, Hubbard published a new set of teachings as " Scientology, a religious philosophy.

These Dianetic " axioms " can be found in Hubbard books such as Scientology 0-8: The Book of Basics and Advanced Procedures and Axioms.

A musical remake of The Blue Light with L. Ron Hubbard, founder of The Church of Scientology, also fell through.

Lafayette Ronald Hubbard ( March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986 ), better known as L. Ron Hubbard and often referred to by his initials, LRH, was an American pulp fiction author and the founder of the Church of Scientology.

The Church of Scientology describes Hubbard in hagiographic terms, and he portrayed himself as a pioneering explorer, world traveler, and nuclear physicist with expertise in a wide range of disciplines, including photography, art, poetry, and philosophy.

Biographical accounts published by the Church of Scientology describe Hubbard as " a child prodigy of sorts " who rode a horse before he could walk and was able to read and write by the age of four.

Scientology biographies describe this encounter as giving Hubbard training in a particular scientific approach to the mind, which he found unsatisfying.

Scientology accounts present a different version of events, saying that Hubbard " made his way deep into Manchuria's Western Hills and beyond — to break bread with Mongolian bandits, share campfires with Siberian shamans and befriend the last in the line of magicians from the court of Kublai Khan.

L. Ron Hubbard wrote the following passages in his 1965 book Scientology: A New Slant on Life:

The Hubbard estate is separate from the Church of Scientology and earns royalties from sales of Hubbard's books, including his fiction.

However, records with the United States Patent and Trademark Office show that the rights to the Writers of the Future name were transferred from the L. Ron Hubbard estate (" Family Trust-B ") to the Church of Spiritual Technology in 1989, and under the 1993 IRS closing agreement with the Church of Scientology, the L. Ron Hubbard estate became part of the Church of Spiritual Technology, a " Scientology-related entity ".

** L. Ron Hubbard, American science fiction author and founder of Scientology ( d. 1986 )

** L. Ron Hubbard, American writer and founder of Scientology ( b. 1911 )

also spelled Xemu, was, according to the founder of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard, the dictator of the " Galactic Confederacy " who, 75 million years ago, brought billions < ref name = thmill > As 10 < sup > 9 </ sup >, or thousands of millions in Long Scale of his people to Earth ( then known as " Teegeeack ") in a DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes and killed them using hydrogen bombs.

In commentary on the impact of the Xenu text, academic scholars have discussed and analyzed the writings by Hubbard and their place within Scientology within the contexts of science fiction, UFO religions, gnosticism and creation myth.

* L. Ron Hubbard, author and founder of Scientology.

L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, upon whose ideology the Narconon programme is based.

His work was supported by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, and in 1972 Hubbard sponsored the incorporation of Narconon as an organization.

His writings became the guiding texts for the Church of Scientology and a number of affiliated organizations that address such diverse topics as business administration, literacy and drug rehabilitation.

Narconon has its origins in Dianetics. Even before Narconon became established, Scientology and Dianetics were promoted as providing a cure for drug addition.

Parsons ' 11-room home, nicknamed " The Parsonage ", became a boarding house for a variety of artists and eccentrics, including journalist Nieson Himmel, physicist Robert Cornog, and author and future Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.

" In Russia, the government had refused to consider the church for registration as a religious organization, which became the subject of proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Church of Scientology Moscow v. Russia.

* Bonnie Woods, a former member who began counseling people involved with Scientology and their families, became a target along with her husband Richard in 1993 when the Church of Scientology started a leaflet operation denouncing her as a " hate campaigner " with demonstrators outside their home and around East Grinstead.

He became a devout follower of Scientology in the 1970s.

" Bonnie Woods, an ex-member who began counseling people involved with Scientology and their families, became a target along with her husband in 1993 when the Church of Scientology started a leaflet operation denouncing her as a " hate campaigner " with demonstrators outside their home and around East Grinstead.

Corea said that Scientology became a profound influence on his musical direction in the early 1970s:

Rogers ' father became interested in Dianetics in 1952 and would later become a prominent Mission Holder with the Church of Scientology and friend of founder, L Ron Hubbard.

After leaving the Church of Scientology in 1989, Young became prominent as an expert in court cases regarding Scientology such as CSI v. Fishman and Geertz, BPI v. FACTNet, the Lisa McPherson civil trial, cited by the press, and as an Internet-based critic of the organization.

Jon Atack, whose book A Piece of Blue Sky details how he reached Operating Thetan level V before leaving Scientology, describes Hubbard's doctrines about thetans: " Thetans are all-knowing beings, and became bored because there were no surprises.

He also became involved in the Church of Scientology, becoming a member of the Church's staff and one of the first Scientologists to achieve the status of clear.

Clarke himself became involved in Scientology through Corea, but eventually left the religion in the early 1980s.

During this period, he became involved with the United Church of Religious Science and the Church of Scientology, but he is no longer affiliated with Scientology.

Bornstein joined the Church of Scientology, became a high ranking lieutenant in the Sea Org but later became disillusioned and formally left the movement in 1981.

In 1994, Lisa McPherson, who became a Scientology adherent at age 18, moved from Dallas, Texas, to Clearwater, Florida, with her employer, AMC Publishing, which was at that time owned by Bennetta Slaughter and operated and staffed primarily by Scientologists.